Former CPI leader C. Mahendran joins TVK

Former CPI State lawman caput C. Mahendran connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) joined the TVK, led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.

“I joined the enactment due to the fact that it is committed to eradicating corruption,” helium said.

Mr. Mahendran, erstwhile a salient look of the CPI and exertion of Thamarai, the party’s literate magazine, was not holding immoderate presumption successful the party, and was lone an honorary subordinate aft facing allegations of irregularities.

“He was removed from each enactment positions astatine the State assembly gathering held successful Salem successful 2023,” said R. Mutharasan, erstwhile State caput of the CPI.

According to Mr. Mutharasan, the allegations against Mr. Mahendran related to his alleged relation with a radical that sought to instrumentality power of the New Century Book House (NCBH), a publishing location tally by the party.

“There was an effort to instrumentality implicit the institution, but we managed to prevention the publication location successful time. There was besides a connection to region him from the superior rank of the party. However, we allowed him to proceed arsenic an honorary member,” Mr. Mutharasan said.

Questioning Mr. Mahendran’s move, helium said, “If a idiosyncratic is incapable to enactment wrong the Communist Party [of India], a question dedicated to the payment of the poor, however volition helium beryllium capable to enactment for the TVK?”

Mr. Mahendran’s introduction into the TVK comes astatine a clip erstwhile the ruling enactment is seeking to broaden its enactment basal by attracting leaders from crossed the governmental spectrum.

CPI State caput M. Veerapandian said the enactment respected the state of its members, and did not forestall anyone from making their ain governmental choices.

“They are escaped to proceed their travel with the party. If they privation to leave, they are arsenic escaped to bash so,” helium said.

Mr. Veerapandian besides pointed retired that each idiosyncratic joining the CPI is required to judge a cardinal rule of the organisation.

“When a idiosyncratic becomes a subordinate of the CPI, helium oregon she undertakes that the party’s interests volition prevail implicit idiosyncratic interests, and that the nation’s interests are much important than the party’s interests,” helium said.